French: Terrorists targeted Eiffel Tower, Louvre

[steve2470]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/07/09/french-terror-plot/12438369/

France stopped a terrorist plot targeting the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre and a nuclear power plant, it was revealed Wednesday as French authorities announced new measures for combating terror.

French police discovered the plot after decoding messages between a 29-year-old Algerian butcher living in southern France, referred to as Ali M by French authorities, and a man known to be one of the highest ranking members of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, or AQIM, The Telegraph reported.

After meeting on an allegedly Islamist website, the al-Qaeda member asked the father of two for "suggestions concerning how to conduct jihad in the place you are currently," according to Le Parisien.

Ali M, using an encryption program, listed nuclear power plants, the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre museum in Paris and "planes at the moment of takeoff" as potential targets.

[Hugabear]

1. Terra terra terra

This is why we need more police state!

[Amonester]

2. Does that mean the French government spies on the intertubes?

Il parait que oui...

OTOH, the young butcher was alone at home and dreamed of blowing stuff up?

Because he's a butcher and he hates his shitty job?